APP is committed to going beyond compliance to make paper responsibly, which means ensuring that itsfber is procured rom legal sources and orest managed in a sustainable way, and its production acilitiesollow global best practices.

APP dEmOnstRAtEs thIscOmmItmEnt In tWO WAys:1.

Requiring every pulpwood supplier to meet or exceed allnational law and relevant international regulations onorestry management and conservation.

APP’s CoC/LOV system is voluntarily audited by SociétéGénérale de Surveillance (SGS), one of the world’s leadingenvironmental auditors. That year, and every year since, SGS has

ound no indication o any illegal fber being introduced into the

ber supply at APP’s mills.

• 2007:

The APP system is enhanced when SGS evaluates APPand its ber suppliers against the standards of its “Timber Legalityand Traceability (TLTV) program. SGS also conducts a Gap Analysiswhich was implemented on APP’s system. APP began its phased

CoC certifcation process or its mills starting with the PEFC scheme.

• 2008:

The system grows even more sophisticated and moreAPP mills were certied under the PEFC CoC scheme. APP’s